Heavy rain had caused a stream running down from the direction of Beeston Castle to pool up on one side of the embankment further down the line toward Chester.

In early 2020 Michael Flynn[5][6] a businessman who lived locally and was involved in the construction and operation of railways in the UK and around the world, frustrated at what he saw as the amateur and unserious nature of previous campaigns, formed the Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group,[7][8] with the object of preparing a professional proposal to reopen the station that stood a chance of actually being funded.

On 18 June 2020, the Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group working closely with the local Member of Parliament Edward Timpson MP submitted a 55-page proposal to the Department for Transport seeking funding to develop a comprehensive business case for the project.

[9][7][10] On 25 November 2020, the DfT announced that the proposal had been successful and granted the group £50,000 towards developing a formal business case, along with DfT professional support to ensure that the next phase submission for funding to construct and commission the station would be robust and capable of approval.

[11] In September 2021 Cheshire West & Chester Council was criticised in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps for failing to contribute £5,000 to the costs of the Business Case[12] but in May 2022 the Reopening Group submitted a Feasibility, and Preliminary Business Case to the Department of Transport for approval with a response expected in the Autumn of that year.